[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-4

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     In a pretty remarkable comeback, what had  been a thoroughly mediocre 
band prior to 1420 suddenly came to life with a  strong sunrise enhancement 
from 1425-1450, boosting several Asian mainland  stations up to their best 
audio of the Fall Season. 
     The listening session started of at 1300 with the  TP "big guns" at 
their usual anemic level, struggling to produce much audio  through the noise 
and domestic splatter. Unusually, there was no mid-session  propagation dive 
or boost, and the same collection of Asian regulars  (594, 648, 657, 738, 
747, 774, 972, 1134, 1566 and 1575) were still fading in  and out with 
lackluster signals right up until 1420. It appeared that  another mediocre 
late-season session was about to wrap up.
     Suddenly, 972-HLCA faded in strongly at 1430,  along with a pesky 
Chinese co-channel. 738-BEL2 also rose up to be heard,  with audio near its best 
of the season. 639-CNR1 and 675-Vietnam soon followed,  with the latter 
having its strongest signal since September. Finally around  1350, the Chinese 
YL speech from 936-Anhui provided that  station's best signal of the season. 
The Japanese NHK stations had a  moderate signal boost during this period, 
but it was nothing like the weird  propagation surge from China. 
Unfortunately it was necessary to wrap things  up around 1455 when the Chinese were 
still strong, so there was no chance  to check the other notable Mainland 
frequencies like 756, 927, 945, 981,  1035, 1377 and 1593. Maybe one of the SDR 
DXers also noticed the  late-session China surge from 1430-1445, when 
reviewing recordings from  that period this morning? Even though nothing new or 
rare was heard here, it was  the best propagation from China for quite a while.
 
     The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider  model (7.5" 
loopstick) and stock Tecsun PL-606 DSP model, inductively  coupled to a 9' sided PVC 
tuned passive loop (in the back yard). A modified  ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) 
was used as an SSB spotting receiver:
 
558  HLQH  Daegu, S. Korea  Fair-good with music at  1423, // 603
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan   Very good with  Japanese interview 1444
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea  Good with Korean music at  1424
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair with male-female Chinese  speech 
         at 1445  during sunrise enhancement; inaudible previously 
648  VOR   Razdolnoye, Russia  Good strength Russian  music during
         Japanese external  program at 1419  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?agcrhiec28xv94k_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?agcrhiec28xv94k) 
657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Fair mumbling Korean tirades at  1418
675  VOV  Hanoi, Vietnam  Fair Vietnamese YL speech during  sunrise
         enhancement; best signal  since Sept. 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?95600b5t6yqsdu5_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?95600b5t6yqsdu5)  
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Another Chinese station boosted  up by
         late session surge around  1446  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?ygc4ur2afvrd9k0_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?ygc4ur2afvrd9k0) 
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Good Japanese talk around  1448
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Losing battle with KTTH splatter at  1415
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan Fair-good Japanese speech around  1350
936  Anhui, China  YL speech boosted by late surge at 1450;  best 
         audio of season (recorded  on new PL-606)  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?1inc1x8orhma9qn_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?1inc1x8orhma9qn) 
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Good Korean speech with  CC 
         co-channel at 1431 _http://www.mediafire.com/?j4o84or486nyxpb_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?j4o84or486nyxpb) 
1134  KBS3  Hwaseong, S. Korea  Good with Korean  speech at 1439
         during late-session  surge
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Fair-good Japanese  religious pgm 1341
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Fair Asiatic language  speech 1340
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
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